The Mark of a good (liberal) exit

I don't even know where to start on this. I guess the first thing to say is that there's nothing better than a liberal leaving a prominent political position, except maybe a liberal who has never had any power at all.

Good ol' Gerry is great - first he whines and tears up, and then he blasts Britain and (shocker here) the U.S. for basically everything under the sun. Then he makes sure that everyone knows how chummy he thinks Germany should be with Chirac to thwart the:

"Anglo-Saxon" economic policies favoured in Britain and the United States, which...[have] "no chance" in Europe.

There are two primary things to notice about this bilge:

1. Albeit by a small margin, he was voted out of power by the people of Germany. One can only hope now that the people of Germany will allow the more conservative party of Angela Merkel to gain a majority of seats at the next opportunity.
2. The French people themselves voted down the EU Constitution. Although it should be noted that the French thought the EU Constitution was too conservative, which is absolutely hilarious. And also because the elitist French thought the EU let in countries from the wrong side of the tracks - i.e. Central and Eastern Europe. (I thought it was "progressive" and beautiful liberal open-mindedness to work with the "lower classes").

So Gerry's conecpt of what will "work for Europe" as a "social model" doesn't seem to be held by anyone in Germany or the rest of Europe either (well, except Chirac). But alas, he's a liberal, so he knows better than everyone else. So he's going to take his toys and go home. Good riddance Gerry ol' boy.